ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49568
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1944 |
| Time: | 14:34 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-55-BO Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | 447th BGp /708th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-102658 |
| MSN: | 8160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Belterwijde - Ronduite (mun. Steenwijkerland), Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rattlesden/AAF Sta.126, Suffolk |
'Blanco Diablo' was damaged by Flak over the target and crashed in Overijssel. Seven were taken prisoner of war. One KIA as parachute didn't open (Marlowe). One evaded enemy forces, spent almost 5 months with Dutch Underground and returned to Allied Control 1 Apr 45 (Fuller).
The Fortress was on an operation to the Leuna oil refinery at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany).
Wing and nose section recovered in 1980: Belterwiede, Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4782&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
JF Baugher
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/1709
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 04:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2011 04:54 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2019 17:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2019 17:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2020 16:02 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2020 18:54 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2021 10:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities] |
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